{ weekend } Besties & Beach Bunnies

Me & Lolly

Friday, May 14th

Well my friends, the weekend is finally here! I am super excited about hanging out with Lolly for the next few days. It's been forever since we had best friend time together.


Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check!
Workout/Exercise - check! Well, just Hoe Downs.

Nourishment
No fruit today.
Veggies - check! 3 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 8 sprays
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays


Eats

Brekkie

Starbucks Egg White Turkey Bacon Whole-grain Sandwich and a Iced Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte.

Actually will never order breakfast like this from Starbucks again. SO not worth it, but I wasn't feeling up to a wheatgrass detox. AND I really miss the spinach on egg and cheese sandwiches.

I really need to get over my Starbucks addiction... again!


Dessert

Lolly baked some cute little cupcakes! She calls them Neapolitan Cupcake Sandwiches. And they are gluten-free!

Lunch

Leftover Panang Chicken with Brown Rice from Ban Thai.

Dinner

Lolly made me dinner... it was delicious!

Cool Cucumber Sandwich.

Something about the combination of cool cucumber, tomatoes and crispy bacon on whole grain bread... it's mouth-watering.

Drinks

La's Rose Colored Glasses Drink.

Every girl needs a signature drink named after her!

Then we headed to The 8th Avenue Pub to hang out for the rest of the evening.

Yes, this is my "go anywhere" dress!

I tried some other kind of beer, but ended up starting off with a classic Yuengling.

And then another Yuengling, then a Blue Moon.

We headed back to Lolly's after that and were excited about our beach day in the morning.


Saturday, May 15th
Beach days. Sun rays. Blue skies. Dragon flies.

Healthy Habits

Body Care
I pretty much skipped everything... but I re-applied my sunscreen about 4 times and didn't get burnt at all.

Nourishment
No fruit today.
Veggies - check! 4 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps


Eats

Brekkie

Iced Coffee (cream/sugar), Pancakes, Eggs and Bacon from the Venus Restaurant in Largo on the way to the beach.

To DIE for! Topped with some syrup and ate a little more than half.


Eh, I ate a few bites of eggs and 1 slice of bacon.

The beach was no less than amazing. Sand Key Beach has a lot of shells in the sand. It's not as powdery white as Clearwater or St. Pete Beach. But the traffic was minimal and we found parking easily. The skies were clear (except for those pesky man-made lines) with a strong breeze.

The only bad thing was the dragon flies everywhere!!! They were HUGE.


Mike caught a dragon fly on his hand. He sat there for a few minutes.

I did not want to leave the beach... I think I could have stayed until the sun went down just lounging in the sand, swimming in the salty water and soaking up the rays. We're going to try to go again next Saturday too.

Lunch

Picnic Chicken Pita + added romaine. Oh and there was a margarita on the rocks somewhere in there as well... with lots of rocks!

Recipe Review!!

This one is a keeper. I never would have thought about mixing broccoli with chicken, cheese and bacon and then stuffing it in a sandwich. It was delicious and La had it ready in 20 minutes flat.

After picking up Roxy and recouping from the beach (a day in the Florida sun takes a lot out of you) I met up with Caroline and Logan, her new baby. He is a heart breaker already! SO friggin' cute!!!

Dinner

Shared this Greek Salad and Hummus and Pita with Caroline.

Dessert

1/2 of this Chocolate Baklava.

And a bite of Caroline's Tiramisu.

Then I headed over to Matty & Vally's place to help them pack up a few things for their move. They just bought the most spectacular home in Safety Harbor. It's a very exciting time. I am so happy for them!

Later, I did have 1/2 a glass of wine and a few more bites of a Picnic Chicken Pita sandwich before heading back to my Dad's to turn in for the night.


Sunday, May 16th

First thing of the day was to get in a real workout... and then run some of those errands I've been putting off. I got my car cleaned (boy, did it need it) and bought 4 brand new tires (it rides SO much better now). Of course it started raining as soon as I got to the tire place with a sparkling clean car! I finished up the rest of my errands (returns and exchanges) then came home for an excellent dinner.

Roxy went everywhere with me... and only barked a few times. She's such a great little traveler!

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check!
Workout/Exercise - check! I did a Basic Workout from Maxi Max #1 then the floor portion for about a 45 minute workout.

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 3 servings today.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps


Eats

Latte

Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte.

Also drank a Venti Iced Green Tea (unsweet).


Lunch

Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad (minus the dressing).

Dinner

Scallops Penne with Basil and Spinach, plus Greek Salad.

Delish!

And two glasses of red wine...

Not at once... the other one is my dad's.

It was a fabulous weekend! Looking forward to Marcel coming home tomorrow after work. I can't wait to see him and give him a big hug.

Au revoir!

P.S. I might actually make it to bed before 11pm tonight! Shocker.

On the Menu: Beach Picnic

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Can you say TGIF? I can!

I am SO looking forward to starting my weekend! Since my man is out of town I thought it would be the perfect time to reconnect with my best friend, Lolly. (T-Tappers will know her as Lauren and know her well since she's super helpful on the phones in the office.) She invited me over to stay at her house tonight. We're planning on working out, making dinner and going to The 8th Avenue Pub... then walking home. Roxy's coming along for the ride, well, except for the Pub.

Saturday morning we're planning on going out to breakfast at a local place then heading to Sand Key Beach for a lunchtime picnic in the sun. I'm excited! I adore beach days... even though I don't get out there as much as I'd like to. Sand Key is a beautiful beach! We're probably going to the North Sand Key area you see in the map below.

At the same time I am devastated about the oil "spill" currently gushing in the Gulf. And very, very worried -- not only for Florida's Gulf Coast, but about the entire East Coast of the country. I'm trying to think positive thoughts and wish that the people in power actually DO something about this one and FIX the problem before the entire United States is blaming BP for ruining our country's coast line... and beyond. It truly breaks my heart to know that sea creatures are dying by the minute from polluted waters that they used to call home.


On the Menu

Fresh Florida Watermelon Slices
Perfect for this time of year!

Picnic Chicken and Hummus Pita
Adapted from this recipe - just add more veggies and hummus instead of mayo)

Margaritas on the Rocks
Classic!

Plus lots of water!!!

Au revoir!

P.S. Check out Lolly's new baking blog: Delicious Devotion! She's the one that made that amazing Rainbow Cake a few weeks back.

{ weekend } Beach Day & Rainy Wedding

Gloriously beautiful St. Pete Beach!

As you may have noticed I haven't posted since Friday at lunch... life has been busy! I'm getting ready to move out of my apartment and apparently haven't found the time for blogging.

This post will be backwards starting with Sunday and ending with Friday's dinner and drinks.

This weekend I was pretty bad... skipped blogging, workouts, brushing, oil pulling, supplements, healthy eating, etc. Sometimes it's good to let things go for a few days, however now I feel like my body needs to be reset... and it does!


Sunday, April 25th

My entire Sunday was pretty much wasted away by computer time. Yes, I did clean and organize some of my stuff for the move. But then got sucked into researching stuff online and it was time to head to Matt and Jessica's wedding before I knew it. I got pretty and we started driving to Lutz. The sky looked strange and threatening. After they were married and the reception started (under a tent with tables, flowers, candles and a DJ) the sky let it all out.

Pretty much the entire wedding party got soaked. We moved inside the house to dry off and eat cake.


Eats

Brekkie

Einstein's Everything Bagel with Cream Cheese and Medium Coffee.

Snack

Kettlecorn... gave me a tummy ache!

Lunch

The rest of my Eggplant Marino from Friday's lunch.

Dinner

I ate a small plate of food at the wedding... the meatballs were to die for, and a few bites of a pumpernickel roll. Sorry no photo!


Dessert

Wedding cake! Shared this slice with Marcel.

Matt & Jessica ♥

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps

Water today: 1 liter

Veggies today: 1
Fruits today: 0


Saturday, April 24th

Saturday morning we planned on waking up early (yeah right!) and going to St. Pete Beach to meet up with everyone. Well, we ended up going to the beach but didn't get there until about 2pm. The place was packed due to a sporting competition on the beach. I don't think I've ever seen that many people on such a small section of the beach at one time. Even though it was later in the day I still got some sun. The weather was beautiful and breezy, so the beach wasn't hot at all.

After the beach we headed home to shower, change and go to my Dad's for dinner.


Eats

Brekkie

Egg on 1/2 Ezekiel English Muffin with Spinach and Cheese.

Plus a little Organic OJ.

And a Venti Iced Green Tea Unsweet.

Here's what was left of it...

Lunch

I basically had a liquid lunch (a few Bud Lights and a Yuengling) with some popcorn (not pictured).

Later when we got home from the beach I made some Organic Carrot and Beet Juice.

The sunset on the way to my Dad's.

Dinner

Burger on WW Bun with Veggies.

And for dessert... a slice of Apple Pie and scoop of Ice Cream.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 6 caps
B-12 Plus: 4 sprays
Pyruvyl Glycine: 4 sprays
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water today: 2 liters

Veggies today: 4
Fruits today: 1


Friday, April 23rd

Friday evening after work we had some friends come over, kinda of unexpectedly but it worked out perfectly. We all decided to go out to dinner at Whiskey Joe's... and drove there instead of walking. It was okay this time -- service and food-wise. They messed up our order, but we ate it anyway.

I don't think I got to bed before 2am... so it was a good night!

Eats

Dinner

Marcel and I shared these fried shrimp and salad.

Then the Zwack girls came around giving out shots!

Zwack is an 80 proof (40% alcohol) herbal liqueur made in Hungary with a secret blend of more than 40 different herbs and spices. It was pretty good... kinda of a mix between Jager and Goldschlager.

Dessert

Snickerdoodle Cookie.

Milk & Cookies Ice Cream.

Supplements

Alfalfa: 3 caps
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays

Water today: 2 liters

Veggies today: 5
Fruits today: 0

Roxy was so happy to have friends come visit her. ♥

Au revoir!